«Changing Faces» is the work that I watched after the series «The True Color of Heroes» became a fan of John Woo. Woo-style violent aesthetics gave me an unparalleled audio-visual experience. Aside from the adrenaline-filled action in the film, the discussion of human nature in the film is more appealing to me.
I have summed it up and want to say the following three points
1. When the good and the evil confronted each other, a key character unexpectedly "betrayed" the film, which surprised the film and raised the height of the film. Kester's wife Sasha chooses to protect her husband's enemies in "Face Change", Liu Jianming kills the boss in "Infernal Affairs", and a young Nazi boy in "Fury" lets go of the male protagonist hiding under the tank.
2. After the identities of the two parties are exchanged, the characters complement each other. Although they are old enemies, after the exchange of identities, they did not destroy each other's life, but integrated into the identity well, and even solved the main problems in each other's life.
Sean is a person with a heavy burden and a sense of family responsibility, but he is stern and serious, has no taste, and is not willing to communicate with others (much like most Chinese fathers); Kester lives cynically with a game life attitude, but he is warm and romantic, Happy to communicate with others.
After exchanging identities
Fake Sean is more willing to spend time with his family. He didn't complain about his troubles at work in front of his "wife". A few sweet words eased the relationship between the husband and wife who hadn't exercised in the previous few months. He also prepared a candlelight dinner for his "wife". Married life becomes full of fun. He also has no burdens on his "daughter". He smokes with his daughter and teaches her how to protect herself. The boring family becomes interesting with the arrival of fake Sean. She and Sean once had a love story of dry wood and fire, but like most loves, they got married and had children, and everything was peaceful. The arrival of the fake Sean also sparked her heart again, causing ripples in the lifeless family.
Fake Kester understands what the "wife" thinks in his heart, but he doesn't have his previous rhetoric. Like his wife, he apologizes for his previous mischief that made the family dangerous, showing the sense of responsibility of a good husband and father. The "wife" also opened up to him, allowing her son to recognize him. The "wife" fell in love with a wanderer like Kester when she was young, and when she had a child, she needed a good husband like Sean who was responsible for the family.
An interesting lover, a responsible husband, a surprise for a stable family, and a safety for a dangerous and turbulent family. Two diametrically opposed people have given each other what they need most in life. Everyone prefers the humorous fake Sith. Sasha is relieved that the fake Kester prodigal son has returned and confided his heart to let father and son recognize each other. The duel between the two heroes, one stable and the other crazy, integrates into each other's lives, giving the two families the elements of life that are lacking. The contrast between the characters of the two sides, the comparison of life before and after the exchange of identities, is very interesting and makes the film unforgettable.
The stories of the two families reflect the mental journeys of the two women. One: Who doesn't love a prodigal son when he is young? After getting married and having children, the prodigal son cannot turn back. Compared with the burden of the family, he pursues the firewood and fire at the beginning of love, and the original physical pleasure when exercising profusely. Countless times of deception by men, and countless times of self-deception by women, marriage has come to an end, leaving regretful women and poor children. The other: You both have a good family background and career, and you have longed for poetry and the distance, but this is not worth the firewood, rice, oil and salt after marriage. After years of baptism, the fresh hormones have disappeared, and the couple has no interest in exercise. , marriage is like the leftovers in the refrigerator that are tasteless.
3. Great Mother's Love
Kester's wife, Sasha, was moved by the prodigal son after he worked out with the fake Kester that night. She doesn't let the child play with toy guns, and doesn't want the child to follow his father's old path. She protects the child and doesn't let anyone know about her child until the fake Kester says sorry about his past.
When she was young, she loved the prodigal son. After giving birth, she hoped that her husband would return to the prodigal son and make the family stable, but she has never been able to summon Kester's dissolute soul. She is just one of his many women. Washing hands and returning to the family, but Sean lived as Sasha wanted Kester to be, so that when he said sorry to his wife for his past, the wife did not doubt but felt relieved and happy, which was her long-cherished wish.
At the climax of the film, when the pros and cons confronted each other with guns, she knew the truth and chose her enemy's side without hesitation, blocking the bullet for Garkester, and letting the fake Kester adopt her child before she died. She wasn't a good person, but she was a great mother when she sacrificed herself for her children.
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